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$9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by Omooba77: 6:24am On Sep 02, 2019
P&ID rejected assets, demanded cash, says report
Lekan Adetayo and Ade Adesomoju

The Process and Industrial Developments, on Sunday, expressed its readiness to negotiate with Nigeria over the $9.6bn judgment of a United Kingdom court that may authorise the company to seize the nation’s assets to offset the judgment debt.

The company, however, advised the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to “appoint an authorised party to enter into real negotiations” instead of what it called the Nigeria’s “baseless slander and sham investigations against the P&ID and its founders"


The Process and Industrial Developments, on Sunday, expressed its readiness to negotiate with Nigeria over the $9.6bn judgment of a United Kingdom court that may authorise the company to seize the nation’s assets to offset the judgment debt.

The company, however, advised the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to “appoint an authorised party to enter into real negotiations” instead of what it called the Nigeria’s “baseless slander and sham investigations against the P&ID and its founders.”

This was contained in a reply to The PUNCH’s enquiry about the company’s attitude towards the Federal Government’s offer to negotiate with the P&ID over the judgment.

The PUNCH’s enquiry was sent to the P&ID’s lead counsel, Ian Mill, a Queen’s Counsel, of the UK-based Blackstone Chambers, on Friday.

The PUNCH’s mail was replied on behalf of Mill on Sunday, by an Assistant Director at the UK-based public relations firm, iNHouse Communications, advising Nigeria to accept the reality of the ruling of the arbitration panel and the UK court’s judgment and desist from its “campaign of baseless slander.”

The reply quoting, “a spokesperson for the P&ID,” read in part, “If the Nigerian government is serious about a willingness to negotiate, then it must do so in good faith.

“This means that the Buhari administration must acknowledge the reality of the rulings of the independent tribunal and the English Commercial Court, desist from its campaign of baseless slander and sham investigations against the P&ID and its founders, and instead appoint an authorised party to enter into real negotiations.”


We’re ready to negotiate with P&ID –Minister

However, the Federal Government had, through its officials, directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the National Intelligence Agency and the police to launch a wide-ranging investigations into the activities of the P&ID, their promoters, and the contract leading to the UK judgment among others.

On August 29, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who spoke on Good Morning Nigeria, a live breakfast programme of the Nigerian Television Authority, said government was willing to meet with the P&ID to come up with a “reasonable” agreement.

Mohammed said, “We are even willing to sit down with the P&ID and negotiate. We are ready to take this matter to the highest level — legal, diplomatic and otherwise — because we think it is just unfair and unconscionable. You don’t inflict this kind of injury on a country and its people for your selfish reasons.

“The government is doing everything possible to get self-execution and to set aside this award. But at the end of the day, we need to sit down with the P&ID and arrive at something that we think is reasonable for all the parties.”

P&ID rejected assets, demanded cash, says report

Meanwhile, the Federal Government had in 2018 negotiated and offered to pay $250m in the form of settlement to the P&ID to put to rest a controversial judgment that was slammed on Nigeria by a United Kingdom court that the firm should seize $9.6bn in Nigerian assets.

This was contained  in a document sighted by one of our correspondents.

The document titled, ‘Summary of facts on the P&ID,’ and dated August 29, 2019, which one our correspondents sighted on Sunday, showed that some Federal Government officials and its counsel, Chief Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN), had on May 16, 2017, met with the representatives of the firm and its counsel to negotiate the award.
However, by the time the ministry forwarded its comments to the P&ID, they were rejected on the grounds that what was agreed on for execution was a Draft Stay of Enforcement Agreement and not a Settlement Agreement as proposed by the Federal Government.

The document indicated that at another negotiation meeting held on July 13, 2018, with the firm’s counsel, Messrs Kobre & Kim LLP, the P&ID’s position was that litigation efforts to enforce the award in the US had been subjected to third party funding and that the settlement proposals by the Nigerian government would then need to be significantly higher than the settlement sum proposed in May 2017 by the Federal Government at the settlement meetings in London.



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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by allthingsgood: 6:37am On Sep 02, 2019
But why is P&ID begging us to negotiate Thot u guys have judgment. Go chop am na. I smell something fishy

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by Nobody: 6:52am On Sep 02, 2019
Some guys within this government want to use P&ID to chop Buhari mugu

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by helinues: 6:54am On Sep 02, 2019
P&ID are not in any position to advise Nigeria government on what to do.

The money is gone cos the award of the contracts was fraudulent. Those behind ripping fg are the one issuing statements on behalf of P&ID.

There are same people who claimed P&ID exonerated Gej from the scam contracts even though he was the vice president then.

P&ID had the deals with individuals ( Pdp goons) not with Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by tsdarkside(m): 6:56am On Sep 02, 2019
hahahaha....shey una see now....??

that company is a scam....international yahoo....

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by tsdarkside(m): 6:58am On Sep 02, 2019
i learned alot in this passed few days....

anger brings nothing....a clear mind is better to deal with issues in this crazy world.... undecided undecided

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by tsdarkside(m): 7:02am On Sep 02, 2019
allthingsgood:
But why is P&ID begging us to negotiate Thot u guys have judgment. Go chop am na. I smell something fishy

give them nathing...we have them at the balls....dont let go....

squeeze harder till they cry uncle....!!

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by babyfaceafrica: 7:03am On Sep 02, 2019
FG has to take this case seriously

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by allthingsgood: 7:05am On Sep 02, 2019
tsdarkside:


give them nathing...we have them at the balls....dont let go....

squeeze harder till they cry uncle....!!


What is this one blabbing Biko

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by tsdarkside(m): 7:08am On Sep 02, 2019
allthingsgood:



What is this one blabbing Biko

....

you mean squeezing balls....

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by Omooba77: 11:08am On Sep 02, 2019
helinues:
P&ID are not in any position to advise Nigeria government on what to do.

The money is gone cos the award of the contracts was fraudulent. Those behind ripping fg are the one issuing statements on behalf of P&ID.

They are same people who claimed P&ID exonerated Gej from the scam contracts even though he was the vice president then.

We can see Pdp's fingers in this fraudulent claims

Court case no be like that ooo; ask Lalalasticlala what happened in 1406

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by tsdarkside(m): 11:12am On Sep 02, 2019
Omooba77:


Court case no be like that ooo; ask Lalalasticlala what happened in 1406

what happenend....??

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by Omooba77: 12:44pm On Sep 02, 2019
tsdarkside:


what happenend....??

Them cease amm ni ooooo

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by tsdarkside(m): 1:52pm On Sep 02, 2019
Omooba77:


Them cease amm ni ooooo

ceased who....??

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by Omooba77: 4:41pm On Sep 02, 2019
tsdarkside:

ceased who....??
Ask nobody I dey Mynd my business

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by seunmsg(m): 4:46pm On Sep 02, 2019
Why is the company begging for negotiations? Why are they scared of the investigation ordered by the president to unravel all the crimes committed in the process leading to the award of the fraudulent contract?

P&ID should be insisting on the implementation of the judgement they got instead of begging for negotiations. If they got the contract and the judgement fairly, they shouldn’t be scared of the investigation. This new twist goes to show that the Federal government is on the right path. We must subject the dubious contract to media scrutiny and let’s see if it can stand the test of time.

While I encourage government to negotiate with them, the current media scrutiny and investigation must be sustained. We should negotiate from a position of strength and not one of weakness that PDP and GEJ got us into. As it stand, we should not pay anything more than $500 million.

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by Flyingngel(m): 5:20pm On Sep 02, 2019
From what i can deduce since the commencement of this issue is that the government has a better change of winning this case on appeal except it is an international conspiracy.
This contract was not deliberated and pass in the NEC meeting thus violating the Nigerian law.
So i don't knw the level of level expertise of the government defence counsel.

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by Fidelismaria: 6:18pm On Sep 02, 2019
Now I'm getting confused

Shouldn't they be fighting for implementation of their 9billion dollars asset seizure?

Nigeria is one fvcked up country

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by grandstar(m): 6:28pm On Sep 02, 2019
Good thing that there's now an opening.

They should negotiate a figure like $1b. That should do it and pay it immediately. They shouldn't wait forever for due process.

The government must place square pegs in square holes this time and get closure on this case.

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by DrNueLpureHoney: 6:42pm On Sep 02, 2019
OK oh

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by puredigital(f): 6:42pm On Sep 02, 2019
Alright oo


Do you need a writer? Kindly check my signature

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by Nobody: 6:46pm On Sep 02, 2019
This is the real big brother See gobe , by the time we get to pepper them buhari go dey find sniper make him commit suicide

What goes around comes around, make him flex him foolish muscle hear no obey court rulings, since him don sabi organize protest by force.

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by Kendumazy(m): 6:46pm On Sep 02, 2019
OK

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by visijo(m): 6:47pm On Sep 02, 2019
Once she start answering you with "Whatever" or "If you like", just know that your relationship has only 2mb left.

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by bluecircle470: 6:47pm On Sep 02, 2019
allthingsgood:
But why is P&ID begging us to negotiate Thot u guys have judgment. Go chop am na. I smell something fishy

PDP is the one blowing that trumpet. PDP is waiting for kickback from the company

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by Houseofglam7(f): 6:48pm On Sep 02, 2019
undecided

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by Wickedfacts: 6:48pm On Sep 02, 2019
Nigeria would negotiate after investigations have been concluded.

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by nabegibeg: 6:49pm On Sep 02, 2019
Omooba77:
P&ID rejected assets, demanded cash, says report
Lekan Adetayo and Ade Adesomoju

The Process and Industrial Developments, on Sunday, expressed its readiness to negotiate with Nigeria over the $9.6bn judgment of a United Kingdom court that may authorise the company to seize the nation’s assets to offset the judgment debt.

The company, however, advised the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to “appoint an authorised party to enter into real negotiations” instead of what it called the Nigeria’s “baseless slander and sham investigations against the P&ID and its founders"


The Process and Industrial Developments, on Sunday, expressed its readiness to negotiate with Nigeria over the $9.6bn judgment of a United Kingdom court that may authorise the company to seize the nation’s assets to offset the judgment debt.

The company, however, advised the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to “appoint an authorised party to enter into real negotiations” instead of what it called the Nigeria’s “baseless slander and sham investigations against the P&ID and its founders.”

This was contained in a reply to The PUNCH’s enquiry about the company’s attitude towards the Federal Government’s offer to negotiate with the P&ID over the judgment.

The PUNCH’s enquiry was sent to the P&ID’s lead counsel, Ian Mill, a Queen’s Counsel, of the UK-based Blackstone Chambers, on Friday.

The PUNCH’s mail was replied on behalf of Mill on Sunday, by an Assistant Director at the UK-based public relations firm, iNHouse Communications, advising Nigeria to accept the reality of the ruling of the arbitration panel and the UK court’s judgment and desist from its “campaign of baseless slander.”

The reply quoting, “a spokesperson for the P&ID,” read in part, “If the Nigerian government is serious about a willingness to negotiate, then it must do so in good faith.

“This means that the Buhari administration must acknowledge the reality of the rulings of the independent tribunal and the English Commercial Court, desist from its campaign of baseless slander and sham investigations against the P&ID and its founders, and instead appoint an authorised party to enter into real negotiations.”


We’re ready to negotiate with P&ID –Minister

However, the Federal Government had, through its officials, directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the National Intelligence Agency and the police to launch a wide-ranging investigations into the activities of the P&ID, their promoters, and the contract leading to the UK judgment among others.

On August 29, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who spoke on Good Morning Nigeria, a live breakfast programme of the Nigerian Television Authority, said government was willing to meet with the P&ID to come up with a “reasonable” agreement.

Mohammed said, “We are even willing to sit down with the P&ID and negotiate. We are ready to take this matter to the highest level — legal, diplomatic and otherwise — because we think it is just unfair and unconscionable. You don’t inflict this kind of injury on a country and its people for your selfish reasons.

“The government is doing everything possible to get self-execution and to set aside this award. But at the end of the day, we need to sit down with the P&ID and arrive at something that we think is reasonable for all the parties.”

P&ID rejected assets, demanded cash, says report

Meanwhile, the Federal Government had in 2018 negotiated and offered to pay $250m in the form of settlement to the P&ID to put to rest a controversial judgment that was slammed on Nigeria by a United Kingdom court that the firm should seize $9.6bn in Nigerian assets.

This was contained  in a document sighted by one of our correspondents.

The document titled, ‘Summary of facts on the P&ID,’ and dated August 29, 2019, which one our correspondents sighted on Sunday, showed that some Federal Government officials and its counsel, Chief Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN), had on May 16, 2017, met with the representatives of the firm and its counsel to negotiate the award.
However, by the time the ministry forwarded its comments to the P&ID, they were rejected on the grounds that what was agreed on for execution was a Draft Stay of Enforcement Agreement and not a Settlement Agreement as proposed by the Federal Government.

The document indicated that at another negotiation meeting held on July 13, 2018, with the firm’s counsel, Messrs Kobre & Kim LLP, the P&ID’s position was that litigation efforts to enforce the award in the US had been subjected to third party funding and that the settlement proposals by the Nigerian government would then need to be significantly higher than the settlement sum proposed in May 2017 by the Federal Government at the settlement meetings in London.



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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by livebyday(m): 6:49pm On Sep 02, 2019
Don't be surprised some.polictians intend using this to enrich themselves

A nation where the people seek personal gain and not the growth of the said country is none existent.

For even in an SME staff seek the growth of the company so their wages are secured

But when you have a country, where the people don't care then the end is nigh unfortunately

Cheers

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by Nobody: 6:49pm On Sep 02, 2019
tsdarkside:


give them nathing...we have them at the balls....dont let go....

squeeze harder till they cry uncle....!!

The same way you (Nigeria) hard Cameron by the ball's over bakasi peninsula until it cleared on your (Nigeria) eyes.

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Re: $9.6bn: Stop Sham Probe, Appoint Negotiator, P&ID Tells FG by nabegibeg: 6:50pm On Sep 02, 2019
pickatyou:
This is the real big brother See gobe , by the time we get to pepper them buhari go dey find sniper make him commit suicide

What goes around comes around, make him flex him foolish muscle hear no obey court rulings, since him don sabi organize protest by force.


Can you point to any tangle project from this PI&grin company?

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